how are the bye bye arms Pussinjimmychoos? am looking at my fat belly now and trying to work out the proportion of baby vs dinner, I suddenly look huge!
cornsilk - tummy exercises are the hardest to get right, I think. Long post coming up sorry, I wish there was one magic exercise to help but I'd be lying if I said there was....
Firstly, you need to make sure that you're doing a good amount of general exercise - if you have a high % of body fat (perfectly possible even if you're slim and gorgeous ) then it won't help.
Make sure you are working all the other major muscle groups to help increase your overall muscle mass - this will help you to raise your metabolism.
While you're doing all your other exercises, try making sure you've got good posture. AS often as you remember, draw your tummy button in towards your spine without lifting your shoulders. I know that sounds a bit like trainer-nonsense-fark-wittage, but I promise it will make a real difference if you do it as much as poss.
Add in a plank, side plank and straight leg crunches into your exercise routine. You want to change the exercises you do fairly regularly. Don't do lots of crunches with knees bent up, it ruins your posture and doesn't do enough to help your abdominals.
For the plank: get on to all fours on the floor hands under shoulders and knees under hips. Lower yourself on to your elbows with your hands clasped together so you're taking your weight on your forearms. Extend one leg behind you and then the other, so now your weight's on your toes and on your forearms. Concentrate on getting your body in a straight line from shoulders, hips, through knees to ankles i.e. don't stick your bum in the air. Really brace your abs to use them to hold this position. Don't hold your breath. Hold for as long as you can up to 30 secs and then lower gently on to your knees and relax. If it's really easy let me know and I can give you a harder one. If your back hurts at all stop!
Straight leg crunches: Lie flat on your back, straight legs. Point your toes slightly. Bring your hands over your hip bones. Bring your head, neck and shoulders up off the floor so you're looking down the length of your body to your toes. Try to keep your shoulders off the floor and keep pulsing up without lying down flat in between. x 20
Side plank: Lie on your left side, propped on your elbow. Make sure your left elbow is directly under your shoulder. Make sure you're in a straight line. Use your right hand to push yourself up. Lower gently to the floor. x 10. On the final one push up and hold for a count of 5 - 10, taking your right hand off the floor if you can. Swop sides.
Do these 3 exercises, x 3 as part of your normal exercising (no need to do them every day), but you should do something different after about 3 weeks.
Let me know how you get on or if this doesn't make sense. Sorry for long post, but not easy to get explanation right and be brief!
oh and remember that laydeeez aren't really made to have super flat muscly tummies unless they're under 21.